I encourage you to vote “FOR” City Charter Proposition “A” in the November 6 election.

If Proposition “A” passes, it will give a realistic opportunity to undo the 2013 “Bathroom Bill” (aka Non-Discrimination Ordinance) passed by City Council even though citizens seated in Council Chambers opposed the ordinance by more than six to one!

I led a referendum effort that would have required City Council to rescind their action or else put it on a ballot for the citizens to vote.

We had to collect 61,045 petition signatures in 40 days. That is very difficult to do. It took 14 days to design and print the petitions. We collected nearly 17,000 signatures in the remaining 26 days. Thus the referendum effort fell short and men dressed like women are now able to go into girls’ restrooms in our city.

Proposition “A” would require 20,000 signatures with 180 days to collect them to trigger a referendum. I have no doubt we could have reached that total.

If Proposition “A” passes, we may undertake another referendum to undo the “Bathroom Bill”. We will certainly have a better opportunity to require City Council to rescind similar egregious decisions or to let the people vote.